Xperience Bydesign conf in Prague
My second summary and thoughts from Xperience Bydesign conference helded in Prague. In my opinion, Xperience brought more practical “how to” insights as her sister in Bratislava. It was different but a very refreshing experience.
Education of UX designers
Do you call yourself a UX designer? And how do you become one? Well, in most of the cases you’re self-taught as I am. Robert Lenne brought to stage this really difficult topic of the UX education. He didn’t come with a solution, but I found his talk really inspirational.
He tried to connect with us through his personal story. As a former Artsy and ex-IDEO designer, he found himself facing a new challenge every day. Without any formal UX education, he had to learn from more experienced peers or in the “wild”: conducting research, interviews, gathering data and bringing solutions.
My takeaways
Why has it resonated with me so much? Well, first of all, he tackled a really fascinating topic. It got me thinking. It also reminded me of a quote that says “Design can’t be just incidental”.
As Robert illustrates through his story and quick poll with the audience, there’s no formal education or any recommended path you should follow to become a UX designer.
We have great responsibility as UX designers, creating artifacts that shape daily lives of billions of people, it is a particularly huge problem.
Are we able to solve this problem, even when most of the time in our professional lives as a UX designers, we’re guessing and learning on the go? (I’m going to share more of my thoughts on this in my next article).
“Design can’t be just incidental. Our work has impact on people’s lives.”.
Are here any UX/UI designers? What do you think about the design ethics and our responsibility? Plese let me know!
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